Ka Mana O NA Helu

Ka Mana O NA Helu, a Hawaii-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Waipahu, operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), with no federal contract prime or subcontractor activity.

The organization's entire federal footprint consists of HUD Continuum of Care Program grants directed toward homeless assistance services. Ka Mana O NA Helu has received 20 Project Grants since 2021, all from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with annual awards ranging from approximately $141,000 to $162,857. Recent grants include a $162,857 award dated August 1, 2025 (completion July 31, 2026) and a $141,205 award dated July 1, 2024 (completion June 30, 2025). The organization uses these funds to support permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention activities in the Waipahu area. Grant activities encompass case management, rental assistance, property acquisition and rehabilitation, operating costs, and planning activities intended to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and promoting access to mainstream programs and self-sufficiency.

Ka Mana O NA Helu exhibits flat activity trajectory — three awards annually across 2021–2025 — and maintains singular customer concentration: HUD accounts for 100 percent of the organization's federal awards. The organization competes as a direct recipient without federal contract vehicle participation or subcontractor engagement. Combined dollars obligated across all 20 awards total $1.9 million. Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete in that window. The organization operates entirely within the social services and homelessness-assistance grant environment rather than the federal contracting sector, positioning it as a community-based nonprofit deliverer of HUD-funded housing and supportive services rather than a federal contractor or vendor.